![]() We were also lucky that the tails in the italic, a signature detail of the original, adapted seamlessly to being surrounded by serifs. Luckily for us, Neutraface isn't particularly strict in its geometry, which made it easier to make a comfortable text face out of it - there was more leeway to adjust proportions as needed to make it readable, unlike in strict geometric slabs such as Memphis and Stymie. I particularly like the way the lighter styles of Neutraface Slab Text look when used with the heavier weights of Neutraface No. I think the text face translated particularly well, ending up with a cheerful but serious look. I didn't think this would work, but they proved me wrong. 2, but Kai and Susana thought it would be a shame not to match the original in the headline faces, at least, so they drew alternate caps with low crossbars for the Display styles. My original plan was just to serif-ize Neutraface No. everything found in the original Neutraface. They soon convinced me that Neutraface Slab was a good idea, and I brought Kai Bernau and Susana Carvalho onto the team, assigning them with turning one weight of lowercase, drawn as a joke, into the serious reality of five weights in display and four weights in text, with italics, small caps, fractions. ![]() They responded immediately, and were very enthusiastic about the idea. 2, which was still in the works at that point, and send a PDF to the guys at House and ask them if this would be a good idea for the next Neutraface "brand extension". I thought it might be funny to throw some slabs onto one of the styles of Neutraface No. ![]() In the summer of 2005, I was researching historical typefaces to start the conversation that lead to Stag and started thinking about the way Futura spawned a number of geometric slab serifs: Beton, Memphis, Stymie, Cairo, and Karnak, to name a few. Art Direction by Christian Schwartz and Ken Barber. Designed by Kai Bernau and Susana Carvalho. Please click here to visit our site.Īustin Duplicate Sans (NEW) Duplicate Slab (NEW) Giorgio Giorgio Sans Graphik Guardian Local Gothic Publico Stag Stag Sans Stag Sans Round Stag StencilįF Bau FF Meta Headline FF Meta Serif FF Oxide FF Unit FF Unit SlabĬasa Latino! Luxury Luxury Text Neutraface Neutraface Condensed Neutraface No. Christian Schwartz has partnered with Paul Barnes to form Commercial Type, a new type foundry based in London and New York. ![]()
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